Over the past several decades, the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries.These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with “nonhuman creatures”such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster.过去几十年里，美国，加拿大和欧洲都对异常现象界未解之谜给与了大量来自媒体甚至研究机构的注目。这些现象还包括不明飞行物，也有对像大脚怪，尼斯湖水怪这些非人类生物的找到和遇见。Only recently has Latin America begun to receive some attention as well. Although the mysteries of the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations have been known for centuries,now the public is also becoming aware of unusual, paranormal phenomena in countries such as Peru. The Nazca “lines” of Peru were discovered in the 1930s.只是到了近期，拉丁美洲才开始受到些许注目。虽然阿兹特克文明，玛雅文明和印加文明之谜也开始渐渐知悉如秘鲁这样的国家中经常出现的超自然离奇现象。

秘鲁的纳斯卡线条在20世纪30年代大城被找到。These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain,and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard. Seen at ground level, the designs are a jumbled senseless mess. The images are so large that they can only be viewed at a height of 1,000 feet—meaning from an aircraft.这些线条深深地刻有在一个多石的大平原上，构成了大约300幅还包括鸟，猴子，蜥蜴等的简单细致的动物画。

车站在地面上看，这些图案杂乱无章。这些图像觉得是过于大了，只有从1000英尺高度，即从飞机上往下看才原始。Yet there were no aircraft in 300 B.C.,when it is judged the designs were made.Nor were there then, or are there now,any nearby mountain ranges from which to view them. So how and why did the native people of Nazca create these marvelous designs?但根据辨别，这些图案构成与公元前300年，那时候可没什么飞机，而且无论当时还是现在在它们附近也没可以从低处观赏它们的山地。

那么纳斯卡原住民当又是如何创作出有如此令人叹为观止的图案的？One answer appeared in 1969,when the German researcher and writer Erich von Daniken proposed that the lines were drawn by extraterrestrials as runways for their aircraft.The scientific community did not take long to scoff at and abandon von Daniken’s theory. Over the years several other theories have been put forth,but none has been accepted by the scientific community.1969年有了个答案。当时德国研究者，作家埃里克?冯?邓尼肯明确提出，这些线条是外星人所绘，用于他们飞行器的滑行道。但没过多久，科学界就取笑并弃用了冯的理论。

这么多年来又有些人明确提出过几个理论，但没一个的大科学界的接纳。Today there is a new and heightened interest in the Nazca lines. It is a direct result of the creation of the Internet.Currently there are over 60 sites dedicated to this mystery from Latin America’s past,and even respected scientists have joined the discussion through e-mail and chat rooms. Will the Internet help explain these unsolved mysteries? Perhaps it is a step in the right direction.如今对纳斯卡线条又有了新的快速增长的兴趣，这几乎是由于互联网的产生。

现在有60多个网站致力于找出这一拉美的古老之谜，甚至有些德高望重的科学家也通过电邮和聊天室参予到这个辩论中来。互联网不会协助找出这些未解之谜吗？或许它还感叹朝着正确方向迈向的一步。

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